spacetoday.net: Blue Origin announces megaconstellation plans

Posted: Sat, Jan 24, 2026, 10:38 AM ET (1538 GMT)
Blue Origin plans to develop its own broadband constellation with more than 5,400 satellites. The company announced Wednesday TeraWave, a system with 5,280 satellites in low Earth orbit and 128 in medium Earth orbit, equipped with optical and radio-frequency communications links. TeraWave would provide up to six terabits per second of capacity for enterprise, data center and government customers, rather than for consumer markets. The company plans to cap the service at 100,000 customers. Blue Origin also said growing AI workloads and cloud-based services are driving demand for higher-capacity, more resilient links for data centers and other high-capacity users. The company said it expects to start launching TeraWave satellites in the fourth quarter of 2027, pending FCC approval.